Requirements:

You have 4+ years of experience working with any language, asynchronous message queues (e.g., Kafka, RabbitMQ), and have architected and built highly scalable microservices.
A strong product mindset and a deep passion for both customer experience and regulatory compliance.
You will prioritize work with a holistic view of the customer and business impact, making data-driven decisions to solve complex, ambiguous problems.
Exceptional communication skills, with the ability to articulate complex technical and architectural concepts clearly to diverse audiences.
You demonstrate a commitment to writing clean, testable, maintainable, and highly performant code.
Proven ability to identify and lead the technical delivery of large-scale, organisationally-complex projects.
Extensive experience working with relational and non-relational databases.

What you'll be doing:

You will own the technical roadmap for your areas of ownership, ensuring they address important technical debt, reliability, scalability, and security concerns.
You will be instrumental in designing and implementing robust backend systems that provide clean APIs and interfaces to hide the internal complexity.
You will drive the integration with various risk and mitigation systems to ensure Wise is compliant.
You will take initiative to identify and solve impactful problems both within your team and beyond.

You’ll have deeply embedded yourself within our mission, owning and delivering quarterly goals for the team.
You’ll own the technical roadmap for your areas, ensuring it supports both immediate delivery needs and long-term strategic objectives.
You’ll leverage your expertise to identify the right solutions to solve ambiguous, open-ended problems.
You’ll consistently define and implement technical solutions or efficient operational processes that level up your team.
You’ll inspire a high-performing team environment where ideas are shared, technical excellence is pursued, and continuous learning is embraced.